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The High Court has ruled that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) acted unlawfully in the way it charged slaughterhouses for official food safety controls. The decision was welcomed by meat…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Caithness farmer grows over 10t/ha spring oat crop

Growing crops on the far north coast of mainland Scotland can be a challenge, with heavy rain and gusty winds often limiting establishment. But this didn’t stop Caithness farmer John…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Why one farm switched from dairy to hay, straw and trees

A Leicestershire farming family has built a more resilient farming business, diversifying into selling hay, straw and Christmas trees direct to the public alongside cereal cropping. This summer, Jim Mount,…

ARABLE

French study highlights regen drought benefits

Regenerative farming practices could help UK arable growers protect crop yields during drought years, according to findings from one of Europe’s largest analyses of commercial farm data. Researchers analysing independently…

WHEAT

How a colour sorter investment helps secure milling premiums

The investment in a new colour sorter is helping the Wright family improve grain quality at their Leicestershire farm. With profit margins getting tighter, Wright’s Agriculture wanted to invest in…

Livestock

 

FEED AND NUTRITION

Lameness prevalence in UK herds remains stubbornly high, at about 30% – a figure that has changed little for decades. “Thirty years ago, our industry average [incidence] for lameness was…

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TRACTORS

Quicke So Easy wheel weights to get 38in and 42in rim options

Quicke is to extend its modular wheel weight range later this year to cater for larger diameter rims. The So Easy design enables wafers to be added and removed relatively…

SPRAYERS

Quad-X develops trailed 700-litre liquid fert applicator

ATV implements specialist Quad-X has added a 700-litre trailed sprayer to its range, with liquid fertiliser application to grassland very much in mind. It’s specced primarily to operate behind a…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Kuhn goes mounted with latest GA twin-rotor rake

A new grass rake built to have the capacity of a twin-rotor trailed machine and the handy manoeuvrability of a mounted unit has joined the Kuhn range for gathering spread…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What’s in Your Shed? Lancs dairy farm bucks the stereotype

Dairy farmers John and Will Tyrer are bucking the livestock sector stereotype by keeping their kit in pristine mechanical and cosmetic order. What's in Your Shed? visited their Lancashire farm…

BUSINESS

Parts of agriculture are listed among the business sectors suffering elevated financial stress in the Bank of England’s most recent monthly report. Hospitality, retail, construction and some manufacturers are in…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Fred Quartermain, a partner in Thrings’ planning and environment team, advises on how agricultural…

Transition section

NEWS

Defra farming minister Dame Angela Eagle has confirmed that 2027 will be the last year of delinked payments for farmers in England – a year sooner than originally planned. The…

Opinion

OPINION

“How am I gonna be an optimist about this?” The line repeatedly belted out by the Hawkstone Farmers Choir as they sang their way into the final of Britain’s Got…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rabi) is once again offering up to 4,000 back-to-school grants to help farming families across England, Wales and Northern Ireland meet the cost of the…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your markets (opens…

OPINION

If there’s a common thread running through the headlines in this week’s News section, it’s not the future of environmental schemes, the latest trade disputes, or even the size of…

WILL'S WORLD

I’m writing this on the hottest day of the year (so far). It’s 31C outside, which is a temperature everyone knows Welsh people biologically cannot function in, so I’ve hastily…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We have more barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) symptoms than I have seen before. I haven’t sprayed any insecticides on wheat for more than 15 years, although we did have…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

There is a saying locally: “Dinnae cast yer cloot until May is oot”. There is some debate as to whether this refers to the month of May or the May…

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NEWS

Clarkson's Farm Season 5 official trailer drops

Amazon has released the official trailer for Clarkson’s Farm 5, with the latest instalment promising high-tech machinery, mounting financial pressure and one of the darkest seasons yet for Diddly Squat…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Sheep farmer shares breast cancer survival story

A Ceredigion sheep farmer is sharing her breast cancer experience ahead of World Cancer Day on Wednesday 4 February to encourage rural communities to recognise symptoms and seek medical advice…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 307: Carbon cash delays and farm assurance

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 306: Hare-coursing clampdown

This week, police pledge tougher action on hare coursing after an Essex farmer suffers almost 200 incidents in eight months. The government unveils plans to slash tariffs on 100 food…

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